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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made as of July
15, 2002, between Catapult Communications Corporation, a Nevada corporation
("Catapult"), and Tekelec, a California corporation ("Tekelec"). This Agreement
shall become effective on the date of, and is contingent upon, the closing of
the Acquisition (as defined herein) (the "Effective Date").
RECITALS
A. Pursuant to the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of
July 15, 2002 (the "Purchase Agreement"), by and between Catapult and Tekelec,
Tekelec is receiving $42,500,000 of cash and one or more convertible promissory
notes issued by Catapult Ireland and/or Catapult to Tekelec in the aggregate
principal amount of $17,500,000 (the "Promissory Notes"), which Promissory Notes
are convertible into and, in the case of the Convertible Stock Note (as defined
in the Purchase Agreement), repayable by delivery of, shares of Catapult's
common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Conversion Stock") in exchange
for the acquisition of certain of the assets of Tekelec's Network Diagnostics
Division (the "Acquisition").
B. Catapult desires to grant Tekelec certain rights with respect to the
registration of the Conversion Stock under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, warranties,
covenants and conditions herein and in the Purchase Agreement and for good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Certain Definitions
As used in this Agreement:
(a) "Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, any Person
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with,
such other Person. For purposes of this definition, "control" when used with
respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such
Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise; the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to
the foregoing.
(b) "Beneficial ownership" has the meaning provided in Rule
13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act. References to ownership of Voting
Securities hereunder mean beneficial ownership.
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(c) "Catapult" has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto
and includes any Person controlling Catapult.
(d) "Closing" means the date of the closing of the transactions
contemplated by the Purchase Agreement.
(e) "Conversion Stock" has the meaning set forth in the recitals
hereto.
(f) "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
(g) "Indemnified Party" has the meaning set forth in Section
3.5(c).
(h) "Indemnifying Party" has the meaning set forth in Section
3.5(c).
(i) "Person" shall mean any person, individual, corporation,
partnership, trust, limited liability company or other non-governmental entity
or any governmental agency, court, authority or other body (whether foreign,
federal, state, local or otherwise).
(j) "Piggyback Market Cut-Back" has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.2(c).
(k) "Piggyback Registrable Securities" has the meaning set forth
in Section 3.2(a).
(l) "Piggyback Registration Statement" has the meaning set forth
in Section 3.2(a).
(m) "Piggyback Request" has the meaning set forth in Section
3.2(a).
(n) "Piggyback Underwriting Agreement" has the meaning set forth
in Section 3.2(b).
(o) "Promissory Notes" has the meaning set forth in the recitals
hereto.
(p) "Purchase Agreement" has the meaning set forth in the
recitals hereto.
(q) "Register," "registered" and "registration" refer to a
registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement in
compliance with the Securities Act, and the declaration or ordering of the
effectiveness of such registration statement.
(r) "Registrable Securities" means (i) the Conversion Stock and
(ii) any securities issued in respect of the foregoing as a result of any stock
split, stock dividend, recapitalization, or similar transaction.
(s) "Registration Expenses" shall mean the reasonable fees and
expenses of Catapult's counsel and its accountants and all other out-of-pocket
costs and expenses of Catapult incident to the preparation, printing and filing
of the registration statement and all amendments and supplements thereto and the
cost of furnishing copies of each preliminary prospectus, each final prospectus
and each amendment or supplement thereto to underwriters, dealers and other
purchasers of the securities so registered, the costs and expenses incurred in
connection with the qualification of
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such securities so registered under the securities or "blue sky" laws of various
jurisdictions, the fees and expenses of Catapult's transfer agent and listing
fees.
(t) "Restricted Securities" has the meaning set forth in Section
2.1(a).
(u) "S-3 Registration Statement" has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.1(a).
(v) "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
(w) "SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any
other federal agency at the agency administering the Securities Act.
(x) "Selling Expenses" means with respect to any registration
pursuant to this Agreement, all underwritten discounts and selling commissions
applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities and all fees and disbursements
of counsel to any Person other than Catapult.
(y) "Suspension Condition" has the meaning set forth in Section
3.3(b).
(z) "Tekelec Public Offering Lock-Up" has the meaning set forth
in Section 3.8.
(aa) "Voting Securities" means all securities of Catapult,
entitled, in the ordinary course, to vote in the election of directors of
Catapult; provided, however, that for purposes of this definition, any
securities that at such time are convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable
for shares of common stock of Catapult, including shares of Conversion Stock,
shall be deemed to have been so converted, exchanged or exercised and shall be
included in the term Voting Securities. Other than the Conversion Stock, Voting
Securities shall not include stockholder rights or other comparable securities
having Voting Power only upon the happening of a trigger event or comparable
contingency and which can only be transferred together with the Voting
Securities to which they attach. References herein to meetings of holders of
Voting Securities shall include meetings of any class or type thereof.
(bb) "Voting Power" or "Total Voting Power" of Catapult (or any
other corporation) refer to the votes or total number of votes which at the time
of calculation may be cast in the election of directors of Catapult (or such
corporation) at any meeting of stockholders of Catapult (or such corporation) if
all securities entitled to vote in the election of directors of Catapult (or
such corporation) were present and voted at such meeting; provided that for
purposes of references herein made to any Person's "Voting Power" or percentage
beneficial ownership of "Total Voting Power," any rights (other than rights
referred to in any rights plan of Catapult (or any such other corporation) or a
successor to such rights plan so long as such rights can only be transferred
together with the Voting Securities to which they attach) of such Person to
acquire Voting Securities (whether or not the exercise of any such right shall
be conditioned upon any contingency), shall be deemed to have been exercised in
full.
All capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the
respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.
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ARTICLE 2
RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF SECURITIES; COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITIES LAWS
2.1 Restrictive Legends. The certificate or certificates representing
(i) the Conversion Stock and (ii) any securities issued in respect of the
foregoing as a result of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, or
similar transaction (collectively, the "Restricted Securities") shall be stamped
or otherwise imprinted with a legend substantially in the following form (in
addition to any legend required under applicable state securities laws):
THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED
FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933. SUCH SHARES MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE
ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL
SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF AN
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION.
2.2 Procedures for Certain Transfers.
(a) The holder of each certificate representing Restricted
Securities, by acceptance thereof, agrees to comply in all respects with the
provisions of this Article 2.
(b) Prior to any proposed transfer of any Restricted Securities
and other than any transfer effected pursuant to the S-3 Registration Statement,
a Piggyback Registration Statement or any other effective registration statement
under the Securities Act, Tekelec shall give written notice to Catapult of
Tekelec's intention to effect such transfer. Each such notice shall describe the
manner and circumstances of the proposed transfer in sufficient detail, and
shall be accompanied by either: (i) a written opinion of legal counsel
(including in-house counsel), who shall be reasonably satisfactory to Catapult,
addressed to Catapult and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to
Catapult's counsel, to the effect that the proposed transfer of the securities
may be effected without registration under the Securities Act; or (ii) a "no
action" letter from the SEC and a copy of any request by Tekelec (together with
all supplements or amendments thereto), which request (and any supplement or
amendment thereto) shall have been provided to Catapult at or prior to the time
of first delivery to the SEC's staff, to the effect that the transfer of such
securities without registration will not result in a recommendation by the staff
of the SEC that action be taken with respect thereto, whereupon Tekelec shall be
entitled to transfer such Restricted Securities in accordance with the terms of
the notice delivered by Tekelec to Catapult.
(c) In connection with any proposed transfer of Restricted
Securities pursuant to Rule 144, Tekelec shall comply with all of the
requirements of Rule 144 under the Securities Act and the reasonable
requirements of Catapult's transfer agent with respect to sales of securities
pursuant to Rule 144.
(d) Each certificate evidencing the Restricted Securities
transferred as herein provided (other than a transfer pursuant to the S-3
Registration Statement or any Piggyback
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Registration Statement or other effective registration statement under the
Securities Act) shall bear the restrictive legend set forth in Section 2.1(a)
above, except that such certificate shall not bear such restrictive legend if:
(i) in the opinion of counsel for Catapult, such legend is not required in order
to establish compliance with any provisions of the Securities Act; (ii) the
Restricted Securities have been held by the holder for more than two years, and
the holder represents to counsel for Catapult that it has not been an
"affiliate" (as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 144) of Catapult
during the three-month period prior to the sale and shall not become an
affiliate (as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 144) of Catapult without
resubmitting the Restricted Securities for reimposition of the legend; or (iii)
the Restricted Securities have been sold in accordance with Rule 144.
2.3 Covenant Regarding Exchange Act Filings. With a view to making
available to Tekelec the benefits of Rule 144 promulgated under the Act, and any
other rule or regulations of the SEC that may any time permit Tekelec to sell
securities of Catapult to the public without registration, until the earlier of
the date of termination of this Agreement or the date that is 36 months
following the Closing, Catapult agrees to use commercially reasonable best
efforts to file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents
required to be filed under the Exchange Act. The provisions of this Section 2.3
shall be in addition to and not in limitation of any other obligations of
Catapult hereunder with respect to filings under the Exchange Act.
ARTICLE 3
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
3.1 Required Registration.
(a) As soon as practicable following a written request made by
Tekelec at any time after the 10-month anniversary of Closing, Catapult shall
use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause the Conversion Stock to be
registered so as to permit the offering and sale thereof and, in connection
therewith, shall, within 60 days of such request, prepare and file with the SEC
a registration statement on Form S-3 (the "S-3 Registration Statement") to
effect such registration.
(b) The aggregate number of Conversion Stock sold by Tekelec
pursuant to this Section 3.1 and the resale allowances under Rule 144 may not
exceed 500,000 shares during any 30 calendar day period following the effective
date of the S-3 Registration Statement; provided, however, that such restriction
shall terminate upon the earlier to occur of (i) twelve (12) months after the
effective date of the S-3 Registration Statement or (ii) such time as Tekelec
(together with all subsidiaries of Tekelec) owns in the aggregate Voting
Securities of Catapult representing less than five percent (5%) of the Total
Voting Power of Catapult.
(c) The procedures to be followed by Catapult and Tekelec, and
the respective rights and obligations of Catapult and Tekelec, with respect to
the preparation, filing and effectiveness of the S-3 Registration Statement
under this Section 3.1 are set forth in Section 3.3 hereof.
3.2 Piggyback Registration.
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(a) If at any time after the 18-month anniversary date of this
Agreement, Catapult shall determine to register any of its equity or
equity-linked securities (other than registration statements relating to (i)
employee, consultant or distributor compensation or incentive arrangements
(including employee benefit plans), or (ii) acquisitions or any transaction or
transactions under Rule 145 under the Securities Act (or any successor rule with
similar effect), then Catapult will promptly give Tekelec written notice thereof
and include in such Catapult-initiated, non-shelf, registration statement (a
"Piggyback Registration Statement"), and in any underwriting involved therein,
all Registrable Securities, (the "Piggyback Registrable Securities") specified
in a written request made by Tekelec (a "Piggyback Request") within five (5)
business days after receipt of such written notice from Catapult.
(b) If the Piggyback Registration Statement of which Catapult
gives notice is for an underwritten offering, Catapult shall so advise Tekelec
as a part of the written notice given pursuant to Section 3.2(a). In such event,
the right of Tekelec to registration pursuant to this Section 3.2 shall be
conditioned upon the agreement of Tekelec to participate in such underwriting
and in the inclusion of such Piggyback Registrable Securities in the
underwriting to the extent provided herein. Tekelec shall (together with
Catapult and any other holders distributing securities in such Piggyback
Registration Statement, if any) enter into an underwriting agreement (the
"Piggyback Underwriting Agreement") in customary form with the underwriter or
underwriters selected for such underwriting by Catapult.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if
the managing underwriters of any underwritten offering pursuant to a Piggyback
Request determine, in their sole discretion that, after including all the shares
to be offered by Catapult and all the shares of any other Persons entitled to
registration rights with respect to such Piggyback Registration Statement
(pursuant to other agreements with Catapult, of which there are none as of the
date of this Agreement), marketing factors require a limitation of the number of
Piggyback Registrable Securities to be underwritten, the managing underwriters
of such offering may exclude any and all of the Piggyback Registrable Securities
(a "Piggyback Market Cut-Back"). In the event of a Piggyback Market Cut Back,
the number of shares of registrable securities that may be so included in the
registration shall be allocated among the holders requesting inclusion of shares
pro rata on the basis of the number of shares of registrable securities held by
such holders. If any holder of shares to be included in such registration does
not request inclusion of the maximum number of shares of registrable securities
allocated to him pursuant to the above-described procedure, the remaining
portion of his or her allocation shall be reallocated among those requesting
holders whose allocations did not satisfy their requests pro rata on the basis
of the number of shares of registrable securities held by such holders, and this
procedure shall be repeated until all of the shares of registrable securities
which may be included in the registration on behalf of the holders have been so
allocated. If Tekelec disapproves of the terms of any such underwriting, it may
elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to Catapult and the managing
underwriters. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the
above provisions, Catapult or the underwriters may round the number of shares
allocated to any holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. Any Piggyback
Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be
withdrawn from such Piggyback Registration Statement.
(d) Except to the extent specifically provided in this Section
3.2, the procedures to be followed by Catapult and Tekelec, and the respective
rights and obligations of Catapult and
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Tekelec, with respect to the distribution of any Piggyback Registrable
Securities by Tekelec pursuant to any Piggyback Registration Statement filed by
Catapult shall be as set forth in the Piggyback Underwriting Agreement, or any
other agreement or agreements governing the distribution of such Piggyback
Registrable Securities pursuant to such Piggyback Registration Statement.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, nothing in this
Section 3.2, or any other provision of this Agreement, shall be construed to
limit the absolute right of Catapult, for any reason and in its sole discretion:
(i) to delay, suspend or terminate the filing of any Piggyback Registration
Statement; (ii) to delay the effectiveness of any Piggyback Registration
Statement; (iii) reduce the total number of securities to be distributed
pursuant to any Piggyback Registration Statement; or (iv) to withdraw such
Piggyback Registration Statement.
3.3 Registration Procedures, Rights and Obligations. The procedures to
be followed by Catapult and Tekelec, and the respective rights and obligations
of Catapult and Tekelec, with respect to the preparation, filing and
effectiveness of the S-3 Registration Statement, and the distribution of
Registrable Securities pursuant thereto, are as follows:
(a) Catapult shall use commercially reasonable best efforts to
cause the S-3 Registration Statement to be declared effective promptly and to
keep such S-3 Registration Statement continuously effective until the earliest
to occur of: (i) the sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities so
registered pursuant to such S-3 Registration Statement; (ii) twelve (12) months
after the effective date of the S-3 Registration Statement; and (iii) the
termination of Tekelec's registration rights pursuant to Section 3.9 hereof;
provided however, that in the case of (ii) above, such period shall be
automatically extended by the duration of any time periods for which Catapult
has exercised its suspension rights pursuant to Section 3.3(b) hereof or a
Tekelec Public Offering Lock-Up has been in effect under Section 3.8 hereof.
Catapult shall prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to
the S-3 Registration Statement and each prospectus used in connection therewith
as may be necessary to make and to keep such S-3 Registration Statement
effective and to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect
to the sale or other disposition of all Registrable Securities proposed to be
distributed pursuant to such S-3 Registration Statement until the earlier to
occur of: (i) the sale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities so
registered pursuant to the S-3 Registration Statement; (ii) twelve (12) months
after the effective date of the S-3 Registration Statement (subject to any
extension pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 3.3(a)); and (iii) the
termination of Tekelec's registration rights pursuant to Section 3.9 hereof.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in
the event that the Board of Directors of Catapult determines in good faith that:
(i) non-public material information regarding Catapult exists, the immediate
disclosure of which would be significantly disadvantageous to Catapult; (ii) the
prospectus constituting a part of any S-3 Registration Statement covering the
distribution of any Registrable Securities contains an untrue statement of a
material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; or (iii) an offering of Registrable
Securities would materially interfere with any proposed material acquisition,
disposition or other similar corporate transaction or event involving Catapult
(each of the events or conditions referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of
this sentence is hereinafter referred to as a "Suspension Condition"), then
Catapult shall have the right to suspend the filing or effectiveness of the S-3
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Registration Statement or to suspend any distribution of Registrable Securities
pursuant to an effective S-3 Registration Statement for so long as such
Suspension Condition exists. Catapult will as promptly as practicable provide
written notice to Tekelec when a Suspension Condition arises and when it ceases
to exist. Upon receipt of notice from Catapult of the existence of any
Suspension Condition, Tekelec shall forthwith discontinue efforts to: (i) file
or cause the S-3 Registration Statement to be declared effective by the SEC (in
the event that such S-3 Registration Statement has not been filed, or has been
filed but not declared effective, at the time Tekelec receives notice that a
Suspension Condition has arisen); or (ii) offer or sell Registrable Securities
(in the event that such S-3 Registration Statement has been declared effective
at the time Tekelec receives notice that a Suspension Condition has arisen). In
the event that Tekelec had previously commenced or was about to commence the
distribution of Registrable Securities pursuant to a prospectus under an
effective S-3 Registration Statement, then Catapult shall, as promptly as
practicable after the Suspension Condition ceases to exist, make available to
Tekelec (and to each underwriter, if any, participating in such distribution) an
amendment or supplement to such prospectus. If so directed by Catapult, Tekelec
shall deliver to Catapult all copies, other than permanent file copies then in
Tekelec's possession, of the most recent prospectus covering such Registrable
Securities at the time of receipt of such notice.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement,
Catapult shall not be permitted to postpone (i) the filing or effectiveness of
the S-3 Registration Statement or (ii) the distribution of the Registrable
Securities pursuant to an effective S-3 Registration Statement pursuant to
Sections 3.3(b) or 3.8 hereof more than one time in any 12 month period and not
for an aggregate of more than ninety (90) consecutive days.
(d) Catapult shall promptly notify Tekelec of any stop order
issued or, to Catapult's knowledge, threatened, to be issued by the SEC with
respect to the S-3 Registration Statement, and will use its best efforts to
prevent the entry of such stop order or to remove it if entered at the earliest
possible date.
(e) Catapult shall furnish to Tekelec (and any underwriter in
connection with any underwritten offering) such number of copies of any
prospectus (including any preliminary prospectus and any amended or supplemented
prospectus), in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, as
Tekelec (and such underwriters) shall reasonably request in order to effect the
offering and sale of any Registrable Securities to be offered and sold, but only
while Catapult shall be required under the provisions hereof to cause the S-3
Registration Statement pursuant to which such Registrable Securities are
intended to be distributed to remain current.
(f) Catapult shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts
to register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by the S-3
Registration Statement under the state Securities or "blue sky" laws of such
states as Tekelec shall reasonably request, maintain any such registration or
qualification current, until the earlier to occur of: (i) the sale of such
Registrable Securities so registered pursuant to the S-3 Registration Statement;
(ii) twelve (12 ) months after the effective date of the S-3 Registration
Statement (which period shall be subject to extension as provided in Section
3.3(a) hereof); and (iii) the termination of Tekelec's registration rights
pursuant to Section 3.9 hereof; provided, however, that Catapult shall not be
required to take any action that would subject it to the general jurisdiction of
the courts of any jurisdiction in which it is not so subject or to qualify as a
foreign corporation in any jurisdiction where Catapult is not so qualified.
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(g) Catapult shall furnish to Tekelec and to each underwriter
engaged in an underwritten offering of Registrable Securities, a signed
counterpart, addressed to Tekelec or such underwriter, of (i) an opinion or
opinions of counsel to Catapult (with respect to Catapult and Securities law
compliance by Catapult) and (ii) a comfort letter or comfort letters from
Catapult's independent public accountants, each in customary form and covering
such matters of the type customarily covered by opinions or comfort letters, as
the case may be, as Tekelec or the managing underwriters may reasonably request.
(h) Catapult shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts
to cause all Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange on
which similar securities of Catapult are then listed.
(i) Catapult shall take all such other actions either reasonably
necessary or desirable to permit the Registrable Securities held by Tekelec to
be registered and disposed of in accordance with the methods of disposition
described herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and with a
view to making it possible for Tekelec to effect the resale of the Registrable
Securities pursuant to the S-3 Registration Statement as provided herein,
Catapult agrees to use commercially reasonable best efforts to file with the SEC
in a timely manner all reports and other documents required to be filed under
the Exchange Act until the earliest to occur of (i) the sale of all Registrable
Securities so registered pursuant to the S-3 Registration Statement; (ii) twelve
(12) months after the effective date of the S-3 Registration Statement (which
period shall be subject to extension as provided in Section 3.3(a) hereof); and
(iii) the termination of Tekelec's registration rights pursuant to Section 3.9
hereof. The provisions of this Section 3.3(i) shall be in addition to and not in
limitation of any other obligations of Catapult hereunder with respect to
filings under the Exchange Act.
3.4 Expenses.
(a) All of the Registration Expenses (other than underwriting
commissions and discounts) incurred in connection with any registration pursuant
to Section 3.1, and each registration or qualification pursuant to Section
3.3(f), shall be borne by Catapult. In no event will Catapult pay any Selling
Expenses (including fees and expenses of counsel) incurred by Tekelec in
connection with any registration pursuant to Sections 3.1 and 3.2 or any
registration or qualification pursuant to Section 3.3(f).
(b) Catapult shall pay all Registration Expenses incurred by
Catapult in connection with any registration statements that are initiated
pursuant to Section 3.2 of this Agreement. Tekelec shall pay all Selling
Expenses incurred on its behalf with respect to any registration pursuant to
Section 3.2; provided, however, Catapult shall pay the reasonable fees and
expenses of one counsel for the holders of securities making such Piggyback
Request.
3.5 Indemnification.
(a) In the case of any offering registered pursuant to this
Article 3, Catapult hereby indemnifies and agrees to hold harmless Tekelec (and
its officers and directors), any underwriter (as defined in the Securities Act)
of Registrable Securities offered by Tekelec, and each Person, if any, who
controls Tekelec or any such underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of
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the Securities Act against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or
several, to which any such Persons may be subject, under the Securities Act or
otherwise, and to reimburse any of such Persons for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating any claims or
defending against any actions, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in the registration statement
under which such Registrable Securities were registered under the Securities Act
pursuant to this Article 3, the prospectus contained therein (during the period
that Catapult is required to keep such prospectus current), or any amendment or
supplement thereto, or the omission or alleged omission to state therein (if so
used) a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made,
not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities
arise out of or are (i) based upon any such untrue statement or omission or
alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon information furnished
to Catapult in writing by Tekelec or any underwriter for Tekelec specifically
for use therein, or (ii) made, in the case of a sale by Tekelec (including
through an underwriter), in any preliminary prospectus, and the prospectus
contained in the registration statement as declared effective or in the form
filed by Catapult with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act
shall have corrected such statement or omission and a copy of such prospectus
shall not have been sent or otherwise delivered to such Person at or prior to
the confirmation of such sale to such Person.
(b) By requesting registration under this Article 3, Tekelec
agrees, if Registrable Securities held by Tekelec are included in the securities
as to which such registration is being effected, and each underwriter shall
agree, in the same manner and to the same extent as set forth in the preceding
paragraph, to indemnify and to hold harmless Catapult and its directors and
officers and each Person, if any, who controls Catapult within the meaning of
the Securities Act against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or
several, to which any of such Persons may be subject under the Securities Act or
otherwise, and to reimburse any of such Persons for any legal or other expenses
incurred in connection with investigating or defending against any such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, but only to the extent they arise out of or are
based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission of a material fact in any registration statement under which
the Registrable Securities were registered under the Securities Act pursuant to
this Article 3, any prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, which was based upon and made in conformity with information furnished
to Catapult in writing by Tekelec or such underwriter expressly for use in
connection with such registration; provided, however, that the liability of
Tekelec hereunder shall be limited to the amount of gross proceeds (after
deduction of all underwriters' discounts and commissions paid by Tekelec in
connection with the registration in question) received by Tekelec in the
offering giving rise to the violation; and provided, further, that the indemnity
agreement contained in this Section 3.5 shall not apply to amounts paid in
settlement of any such loss, claim, damage or liability if such settlement is
effected without the consent of Tekelec, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed nor shall Tekelec be liable to Catapult in any case in which
such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission was contained in a preliminary prospectus and corrected in a final or
amended prospectus, and Catapult failed to deliver a copy of the final or
amended prospectus at or prior to the confirmation of the sale of the securities
to the person asserting any such loss, claim, damage or liability in any case in
which such delivery is required by the Securities Act.
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(c) Each party entitled to indemnification under this Section
3.5 (the "Indemnified Party") shall give notice to the party required to provide
indemnification (the "Indemnifying Party") promptly after such Indemnified Party
has actual knowledge of any claim as to which indemnity may be sought, and shall
permit the Indemnifying Party to assume the defense of any such claim or any
litigation resulting therefrom, provided that counsel for the Indemnifying
Party, who shall conduct the defense of such claim or litigation, shall be
approved by the Indemnified Party (whose approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed), and the Indemnified Party may participate in such defense
at its own expense, and provided further that the failure of any Indemnified
Party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party
of its obligations under this Section 4 unless and only to the extent such
failure resulted in actual detriment to the Indemnifying Party. No Indemnifying
Party, (i) in the defense of any such claim or litigation, shall, except with
the consent of each Indemnified Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which
does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or
plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release from all liability in respect
to such claim or litigation, or (ii) shall be liable for amounts paid in any
settlement if such settlement is effected without the consent of the
Indemnifying Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
3.6 Issuances by Catapult or Other Holders. As to each registration or
distribution referred to in Section 3.1, additional shares of securities of
Catapult to be sold for the account of Catapult or other holders may be included
therein, subject to Tekelec's prior written consent.
3.7 Information by Tekelec. Tekelec shall furnish to Catapult such
information regarding Tekelec in the distribution of Registrable Securities
proposed by Tekelec as Catapult may reasonably request in writing and as shall
be required in connection with any registration, qualification or compliance
referred to in this Article 3.
3.8 Market Standoff Agreements. In connection with the public offering
by Catapult of any of its securities Tekelec agrees that, upon the request of
Catapult or the underwriters managing any underwritten offering of Catapult's
securities, Tekelec shall agree in writing (the "Tekelec Public Offering
Lock-Up") that neither Tekelec (nor any director, executive officer or
subsidiary of Tekelec) will, directly or indirectly, offer to sell, contract to
sell, make any short sale of, or otherwise sell, dispose of, loan, gift, pledge
or grant any options or rights with respect to, any Securities of Catapult
(other than those included in such registration statement, if any) now or
hereafter acquired by Tekelec (or any director, executive officer or subsidiary
of Tekelec) or with respect to which Tekelec (or any director, executive officer
or subsidiary of Tekelec) has or hereafter acquires the power of disposition
without the prior written consent of Catapult and such underwriters for such
period of time (not to exceed fourteen (14) days prior to the date such offering
is expected to commence and ninety (90) days after the date of the final
prospectus delivered to the underwriters for use in confirming sales in such
offering) as may be requested by Catapult and the underwriters provided that the
officers and directors of Catapult enter such lock-up agreements for the same
period and on the same terms. Tekelec agrees that Catapult may instruct its
transfer agent to place stop-transfer notations in its records to enforce the
provisions of the Tekelec Public Offering Lock-Up contained in this Section 3.8.
3.9 Termination. The provisions of this Article 3 shall terminate upon
the earlier to occur of: (i) five years after the date of the Closing and (ii)
such time as Tekelec (and any subsidiaries of
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Tekelec) owns, in the aggregate, less than 500,000 shares of the Voting
Securities of Catapult for a period of six consecutive months.
ARTICLE 4
MISCELLANEOUS
4.1 Termination. This Agreement shall terminate and be of no further
force or effect upon the termination of the Purchase Agreement pursuant to
Article 9.1 thereof.
4.2 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by
the laws of the State of California as applied to contracts entered into solely
between residents of, and to be performed entirely within, such state.
4.3 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and
shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors
and assigns. This Agreement may not be assigned by a party without the prior
written consent of the other party; provided that, without the consent of
Catapult, Tekelec may assign this Agreement (and the rights and obligations
hereunder) to any wholly-owned subsidiary in connection with a transfer of
Voting Securities of Catapult to such Affiliate of Tekelec, and without the
consent of Tekelec, Catapult may assign all or part of this Agreement (and the
rights and obligations hereunder) to the successor or an assignee of all or
substantially all of Catapult's business; provided that, in each case, such
assignee expressly assumes the relevant obligations of this Agreement (by a
written instrument delivered to the other party, in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to it) and, notwithstanding such assignment, the parties
hereto shall each continue to be bound by all of their respective obligations
hereunder. This Agreement is not intended and shall not be construed to create
any rights or remedies in any parties other than Tekelec and Catapult and no
Person shall assert any rights as third party beneficiary hereunder.
4.4 Entire Agreement; Amendment. This Agreement contains the entire
understanding and agreement between the parties with regard to the subject
matter hereof and thereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings
among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof. Neither this Agreement
nor any term hereof may be amended, waived, discharged or terminated other than
by a written instrument signed by the party against whom enforcement of any such
amendment, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.
4.5 Notices and Dates.
(a) All notices, requests, demands, and other communications
under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be delivered personally
(including by courier) or given by facsimile transmission to the parties at the
following addresses (or to such other address as a party may have specified by
notice given to the other pursuant to this provision) and shall be deemed given
when so received:
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(i) if to Catapult, to:
Catapult Communications Corporation
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Chief Operating Officer
Fax: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, P.C.
000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx., Esq.
Fax: (000) 000-0000
if to Tekelec, to:
Tekelec
00000 X. Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Vice President and General Counsel
Fax: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Xxxxx Xxxx LLP
000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
Fax: (000) 000-0000
All such notices, requests and other communications shall be deemed received on
the date of receipt by the recipient thereof if received prior to 5 p.m. in the
place of receipt and such day is a business day in the place of receipt.
Otherwise, any such notice, request or communication shall be deemed not to have
been received until the next succeeding business day in the place of receipt.
(b) In the event that any date provided for in this Agreement
falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, such date shall be deemed extended
to the next business day.
4.6 Language Interpretation. In the interpretation of this Agreement,
unless the context otherwise requires, (a) words importing the singular shall be
deemed to import the plural and vice versa, (b) words denoting gender shall
include all genders, (c) references to persons shall include corporations or
other entities and vice versa, and (d) references to parties, Sections,
schedules, paragraphs and exhibits shall mean the parties, Sections, schedules,
paragraphs and exhibits of and to this Agreement, unless otherwise indicated by
the context.
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4.7 Table of Contents; Titles; Headings. The table of contents and
Section headings of this Agreement are for reference purposes only and are to be
given no effect in the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. All
references herein to Articles and Sections, unless otherwise identified, are to
Articles and Sections of this Agreement.
4.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement, and
shall become a binding agreement when one or more counterparts have been signed
by each party and delivered to the other party.
4.9 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or portion thereof
is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or
unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and
restrictions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall
in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated.
4.10 Injunctive Relief. Tekelec, on the one hand, and Catapult, on the
other, acknowledge and agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event
that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance
with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed
that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent or
cure breaches of the provisions of this Agreement and to enforce specific
performance of the terms and provisions hereof in any court of the United States
or any state thereof having jurisdiction, this being in addition to any other
remedy to which they may be entitled at law or equity.
4.11 Automatic Adjustments to Share Numbers. All numbers regarding the
number of shares of Catapult shall be appropriately and automatically adjusted
to take into account any stock splits occurring after the date hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as
of the day and year first above written.
CATAPULT COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: President and Chief Executive
Officer
TEKELEC
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxx
Title: Executive Vice President,
Chief Operating Officer
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President, Corporate
Development
SIGNATURE PAGE TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
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